“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is…that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.”—Thomas Dekker (1572–1632) The past 20 years have seen remarkable advances in our understanding of sleep’s health benefits. One area of attention has been immune function, where the evidence is clear. To fight our battles with the microbial […]

I served in the New York State Insurance Department during the financial meltdown of 2008. As bad as it was then, we all hoped that the damage would be primarily economic and that we would find a way to rebuild, as Americans had always done. This time, I have the same hope that we will get through this crisis together and rebuild an economy that works for all of us, but my hope is tempered with sadness, since this time it’s not just our livelihoods but our very lives that are at stake.

There have been 22 Executive Orders issued in Connecticut by the Gov. Ned Lamont over the past three weeks. One 7-I,  suspends the public’s right to vote on regional school budgets as well as your local municipal budget. You will not be voting on your local budget for the next year, it will be moved through by the Board of Finance and then put in place. End of story – no vote.